Subject: Re: Shell things
To: John <john@icculus.net>
From: Mike Pelley <mike@pelley.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/21/2000 23:05:18
> I know some people really hate it, heh, but I really like TAB
> completion, command history, scroll back, and gpm cut/paste.  If I were
> running X I know that I'd have scroll back and cut and paste, but would
> still be missing the other two.
>
> Are these features hiding somewhere waiting to be turned on, or are 3rd
> party packages hanging around somewhere, will be included in 1.5, don't
> hold my breath, or what?  Thanks again.

The package system includes tcsh, bash, and zsh which have tab style
completion, command line editing/history, and other features.

Information on the package system is available at
http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/packages.html

CU!  Mike.